Akira Nagoya
Acting · Born Dec 8, 1930 · Died Jun 24, 2003 (72) · Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Akira Nagoya was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who specialized in playing comical roles. He's well know for playing Yūtarō Asahina in the Tokusatsu superhero series Ultraman Taro. After graduating from junior high school in 1949, he entered the Tokyo Broadcasting Company (NHK) training school as a third-year student. His classmates included Hisashi Katsuta and Kazue Takahashi, who later became active as voice actors. In 1959, he joined the Bungakuza theatre company; in 1963, he participated in the founding of the theatre company Kumo. When Kumo disbanded in 1975, he moved on to work as a freelance theatre artist, appearing on stages such as Jijinkai and Komatsuza.
Known for
Films
Round About Midnight
19997.0
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
19996.0
Love Letter
19988.0
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
19987.5
Woman in Witness Protection
19976.4
Princess Mononoke
19978.3
Bokyo
19939.0
Tale of the Crane Princess
1993
Succession
19927.7
Kwaidan
1992
Basara: The Princess Goh
19927.0
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
19896.8
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
1989
Free and Easy
19887.5
Kaito Ruby
19887.0
The Great Department Store Robbery
19879.0
Ellie My Love
19875.0
A Tale of Young Elopement
19879.0
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
1986
Mahjong Horoki
19847.0
Time and Tide
19837.3
Lullaby of Death
19826.2
Suspicion
19827.0
Stray Wolf
1982
Lovers Lost
19826.5
Station
19816.2
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
19807.5
A Portrait of Shunkin
19767.8
Human Revolution II
19768.0
Love Is a Hunter
1976
Invitation of Lust
19757.5
Aoba shigereru
19747.0
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
197410.0
Kandagawa
19748.0
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
1973
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
1973
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
1973
A Woman Who Warns of Death
1973
The Lucky Status Symbol
1972
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
19716.0
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
197110.0
Return of Ultraman
19716.3
Follow the Girls
19718.0
Hajimete no Tabi
197110.0
I Want to Sleep
1970
Nihon Kaidan Gekijō: The Peony Lantern — Onibi no Maki / Hotarubi no Maki
1970
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
1970
Woman
1969
Flying Phantom Ship
19696.2
A Thousand and One Nights
19696.7
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
19697.0
Young Challengers
19688.0
Monsieur Zivaco
19678.0
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
1967
Birth of a Fighter
19677.0
Dreams Come True at Night
1967
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
1966
In Tears
1965
Fort Graveyard
19656.1
Retirement of a Train Engineer
1965
We Will Remember
196510.0
Sweet Sweat
19648.3
Could I But Live
19648.0
Sunset Hill
1964
The Dragon Crest
1963
Miren
1963
The Symbol of a Man
19637.0
High and Low
19638.4
A Wanderer's Notebook
19627.2
Akitsu Hot Springs
19626.5
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
The Twilight Story
19608.5
Dotanba
19566.0
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
19559.0
